MK
Translingual
Symbol
MK
- (metrology) Symbol for megakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 106 kelvins.
- The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
English
Proper noun
MK
- Initialism of Member of Knesset.
- Initialism of Milton Keynes.
- Initialism of Mortal Kombat.
Noun
MK
- Initialism of missionary's kid.
- 2001, Mary Haden, Jeff Thompson, International education: principles and practice, page 31:
- A significant sector of the Global Nomad population is represented by the 'missionary kids' or 'MK's'.
- 2001, Mary Haden, Jeff Thompson, International education: principles and practice, page 31:
- Initialism of mooseknuckle.
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Mongkok, transliteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese 芒角 (mong4 gok3), now known as 旺角 (wong6 gok3). Mongkok was a place where many fashionable products were sold.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: em1 kei1
- Cantonese Pinyin: em1 kei1
- Guangdong Romanization: ém1 kéi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɛːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) MK
- (Cantonese, colloquial) pretending to be fashionable, attempting but failing to be fashionable.
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- Symbols for SI units
- ISO 3166-1
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- English words without vowels
- English initialisms
- English nouns
- Cantonese terms derived from English
- Chinese lemmas
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- Chinese adjectives
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- Chinese terms written in foreign scripts
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